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In a forthcoming documentary, "Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words," Thomas lashes out at Democrats and Biden, who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and oversaw his confirmation process.
"I felt as though in my life I had been looking at the wrong people as the people who would be problematic toward me. We were told that, 'Oh, it's gonna be the bigot in the pickup truck; it's gonna be the Klansmen; it's gonna be the rural sheriff,'" Thomas says in the film.
"But it turned out that through all of that, ultimately the biggest impediment was the modern day liberal," he said of the experience. "They were the ones who would discount all those things because they have one issue or because they have the power to caricature you."
Thomas has categorically denied Hill's allegations.
"Do I have like stupid written on the back of my shirt? I mean come on. We know what this is all about," Thomas says in the film. "People should just tell the truth: 'This is the wrong black guy; he has to be destroyed.' Just say it. Then now we're at least honest with each other."
"The idea was to get rid of me," he says. "And then after I was there, it was to undermine me."
The film is a rare opportunity to hear directly from Thomas, who is famously quiet during oral arguments and shies away from public appearances. When he asked a question in May 2019, it was the first time Thomas had spoken in the courtroom in three years.
"We are judges not advocates," he says of his silence. "It's not my job to argue with lawyers. The referee in the game shouldn't be a participant in the game."
I'm gonna put my tin foil hat on here, and take a wild guess that I feel like the democrats are throwing away their coalition party on purpose, but what for?
Clearance Thomas has seen the full force of what the leaders of the democrats can do. And we are seeing it right now, again. But this time, it's just far to clumsy, something is up.
originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: TomLawless
The democrats don't represent the majority of what people would consider themselves 'left'. The problem is deeper then just labeling 'left = democrat' and 'right = republican'.
For example Hillary was VERY right leaning in her platform, the only 'left' leaning attribute to her campaign was abortion. Other then that, it was just Bill and Obama all over again.
Biden is in a league of his own, he's not meant to be president, but here we are, a big name is leading the presidential campaign, and once again snuffing out guys like Sanders who are faux socialists. Bottom line is, the 'left' have now been demonized, the democrats have been nothing but a bull in a china shop. But that doesn't excuse the republicans to just do what ever the hell they want.
I'm gonna put my tin foil hat on here, and take a wild guess that I feel like the democrats are throwing away their coalition party on purpose, but what for?
Clearance Thomas has seen the full force of what the leaders of the democrats can do. And we are seeing it right now, again. But this time, it's just far to clumsy, something is up.
originally posted by: MountainLaurel
Great thread, very timely, because it puts into context why we're seeing a rise in black conservatives. This whole leftist circus is not going unnoticed by black Americans, who like many Americans with all of our varying backgrounds, smell a rat.
Hearing varying "polls" about Trump's increase with black Americans, but just based on listening to Washington Journal in the mornings ( a call in show with the public ) there is indeed an awakening among black and all Americans happening. Our melting pot of lovely flavors is being soured by identity politics, and the Dem's are the worse offenders, spitting in our stew with their vile need to control humanity. Hopefully this documentary will be seen by many.
So how did African-Americans vote in the 2016 election? Despite President Obama telling black voters that he would take it as a "personal insult" if they didn't cast their ballot for Hillary Clinton, 2016 black voters didn't coalesce behind Clinton the same way they did Obama, with Clinton earning 88% of their vote (to Trump's 8%) as compared to Obama's 93% in 2012. That being said, the overwhelming majority of African-Americans did show their support by voting for Clinton.
Some polls have indicated that Trump’s approval rating among black voters is close to 20 percent. That is far higher than the 8 percent of the African-American vote that Trump received on Election Day 2016.
A recent, admittedly controversial Rasmussen Reports poll showed African-American approval of Trump at 36 percent.
Even 20 percent African-American support for Trump would all but dismantle Democratic-party presidential hopes for 2020. Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election with 88 percent of the black vote. That was about a six-point falloff from Barack Obama’s share of the black vote in 2012.
originally posted by: TomLawless
Thomas is a stand up guy. I always liked him.
The left is so disgusting. They really, actually want to destroy anyone that disagrees with them.
They want to ruin their lives and salt the earth.
Horrible people.
Anyway, sorry to veer off topic...but its all working towards the same end anyway - providing information to the masses prior to the next election.